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Species Sereda tautana - Speckled Sereda - Hodges#3425

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Moth - Sereda tautana Moth - Sereda tautana Moth... - Sereda tautana Grapholitini? - Sereda tautana Side - Sereda tautana Speckled Sereda - Sereda tautana Sereda tautana Sereda tautana
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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Tortricoidea (Tortricid Moths)
Family Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Subfamily Olethreutinae
Tribe Grapholitini
Genus Sereda
Species tautana (Speckled Sereda - Hodges#3425)

Hodges Number

3425

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Sereda tautana (Clemens, 1865)
Halonota tautana Clemens, 1865 (1)

Size

Wingspan approximately 11 mm.

Range

New Hampshire to Florida, west to Texas.

Food

oaks

Print References

Clemens, B., 1865. North American micro-lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 5: 139. (1)
Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States, An Identification Guide. Ohio Biological Survey, p. 175.285. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)
Tortricidae.com
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Brackenridge Clemens
Butterflies and Moths of North America

Works Cited

1.North American Micro-Lepidoptera
Clemens, Brackenridge. 1865. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, Volume 5: 139-47.
2.Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States, An Identification Guide
Gilligan, Todd M., Donald J. Wright, and Loran D. Gibson. 2008. Ohio Biological Survey, P.O. Box 21370, Columbus, Ohio 43221-0370.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by tom murray on 14 August, 2005 - 10:34pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, anitagould, Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 11 May, 2022 - 6:19pm

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